I'm paraphasing but the Chinese premier said recently AI should be seen as a common good that should benefit everyone.
Then why doesn’t he give it away for free?
It's your job to vote for a government that gives you cheap or free AI. Europe is building AI gigafactories so that small businesses can have access to cheap AI. At least that's the plan.
Easy to do, when you don't need to put billions of dollars into research, and just have the end product.
It reminds me of socialized healthcare: wait for US companies to develop the drugs, buy a cheap generic, and somehow point to it as a superior model.